Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-14
q GREAT TRAGEDIAN'
,.W. Keene, the American
o, fSe epr 20 Appear IN Fort Worth
6'rfi TSa'sieht i'll Richeiieu'
chat with The Great Actor by
PlssssnI Observation-Disclosures Of
G,.''I Dramas Inside History

..or WHO'S always welcome to Texas
gatcul 1T him come when he may, is
ssaslcsss,- 1 son of Melpomene, Mr..
e,i H,T W. Eoepe. Upon him the tragic
g0ns' '" I.yished her rsrest gifts and
s a'' AZ him With her costliest treasures
ci'S' uo ING when q youth in a subor-
'10S nosition, he hiss worked his way to
5s's p PET snd Won for himself by the
:: sn l.-re Of industry ard superior
ger iO's name that is stand-
4 tsEe, messurement in Itself
8 b u nj It's OWE height. Mr..
p.IaI ,1.i1 and pleasant in converse
lsls = p- son he becomes interested his
5S' y. ~ sonorOus voice oetrays the fGct
po'sI ~ has courted successfully Poly
DIT :: e his is words being as near an ap-
,ln1a ,t n; of pure eloquence as can
.'.i III 5e imagined; yet he has pre-
,al! orIy half of the dual gift OF this
s-Tsa O-' what in some is imi-
p1as'' g in him, if not alb
sn.a creation, at least is 1mper-
plS 5,r or idealizstion. His copcep-
1ls-yII. bp ysrioxs and varying chsrec-
%, l ~ =. he assumes are his own, differ
o W., VS. aI,iothers, yet faithfully true to
III "a mas so encased himself in the
o. - fboroughness, that the shsrpest
D', ofc1i,icism fail 10 fad Vulnera-
an not, snd his talents nave raised n!m
/. = sp hove the ciou Is and gloom of strife
B envy. which sWethe the
- TO Olympus to that
- summit Of pure air and
~, scenes where none bat the gods
1...gady assemble in happy communion.
lilo I'll omen tonight in Richelieu, one of
. s-,1 pieces, ard the opera house
I'm no doubt be packed, Il the ticket
,Is, ere any indication.
& Mnd YOU h6ve come back to see US
AMI said GAZETTE representative,
s,.s Mr.. KeeIe in the Ellis hDuse last
Ing "B.ck to see whether or not
w.. .-,I are any people in Fort Worth who
,Te the drama?"
'0S yes." he replied cheeriIy, 81 had
cor3e to see your city Let me see?
Tsss5ou. three years ago that l Wss
,gs, was it notf"
4 gust about"
ayes, yes; IreCollect the time. The
,sois cftV wss ablsze, as l remember, the
srssion being the announcement that
rsTel,Dd's election Was made sure by
II having received & majority Of the cleo
[t-,I votes. remember the time dis
5frs!v:II DO not recolIect of ever seeing a
La Of happier or more jubilant people"
B oYou have been over considerable OF
he globe silc9 then?"
q have travelled considerably, but not
I ], much as in the same length OF time in
7bsr vesrs. WAS for eighteen months
n irgslid, and that prevented my travel
h. IS uucn IS I would heve done other
wise"
8 ave have had several new stars in the
.ass.riCsl ornament since that time.
4 b. The way what do you thiI x Of our new
American lnmin&ry, Mrs. James Brown
2PJtter, ana Mrs. Lsngtry, the newly
Manufactured American citiz9Dess?"
nRssly, Sir, can not express an opiG-
i51 from personal observation, IS l have
lsyir a1d he pleasure Of meeting these
+ ,3e. or Witnessing their performances.
oBIy know from heayfaY-from the
>IsWsptperg and the opinion of actors
pho have seen them. My judgment on
ktle prospects Of Mrs. Potter, ss an alb
i1sct question, is that believe she pos
z.sSses rare histrioEic talent, which if
patiently and diligently cultivated will
ls,d her to very high place event.
BgLy. | do not share the belief
hi those who claim that she
aN commenced ST the wrong end
ttle ladder, and yet experience teaches
/ ns thSt ehe would be more certain of
success and would become a finished &C.
7ieSS 8. an earlier date had she seen tit to
commence lower down and work up.
/ Bal then, this is au age Of progress; we
ie oil Advancing in all things, ald in
loiaing more than the profession to
W1cA l belong. An actor can learn
more lnthree or foGr years now than could
nave been sCqQired in three times that
leflcd OF TIM; 8 score CT years sgo. In
Skipping over the elementary parts US
lailY learned in the average stage curri-
Calun, she will naturally escape the evil
'aaelces OF that theatrical pedantry
q aalCn results some times from too close
s-aefence to detail. Inherent power in
" 1tst can accomplish much. Circum-
I2nces oitentimes accomplish much
lOfe' may add that what l
~ IN reference TO Mrs. Potter
merely generalization, and will
sPp5 with eqIai force to Mrs. Lsngtry
~ tAaS fsir KeUtuckisn and excellent
&stsss, Miss Anderson"
-haat DO You esteem the chief ele-
~e9tS IN successful acting 2"
hMnestnesS, undoubtedly. That
i-AlY which impresses an audience with
meg slacerity and falthfulness, and
,p.Oacnes nearest apparent realism.
, rOaL Tue artist is artfully artless, aud
-1sIcsily conceals the mere art itself,
-1Hlhg It sppesr real"
,,, Ike Ihsckeray's litersryH efforts p"
'ssested the reporter.
eapitsl illustration. So natural
-. you ftrget the characters arey assum-
(. ~. ea .n are unc0nsciOpsly led to the belief
80 =, al Is real and actual"
NIL. - taese times does not the stage
s5 5c,.Ss nave considerable effect upon the
~ ,s, ssS CT plsy; l mean the visible pics-
m. N PRESENTED to the vision Dy the stage
tss a ossi they do and, in this, in
sir.o oE.2!on Of many is Mr.. Irving's chief
sS,ss'I' lie Is 81 actor whose talents ]
- llglly, but he Is a sill greater
se~i1 oitplsys, as we term it. 1 have
,Sso I ~. competent critics say, on more
orass Vae occasion that while the picture
4, r aNa by the entire performance CT
Ds,ia 1slng'S Hamlet, for instance, was
H. ''''Oa Itself, that the char6c-
oi;@ u Hamlet itself was
slrtn,,'.Ss presented. Mr.. Irving's